â€œSoundCloud is focused on building out a massive trove of content, weaving it all into the Web and making it easier to share. The â€œYouTube for audioâ€ analogy looks increasingly apt, especially if its metrics continue to shoot skyward.â€ - ReadWrite

â€œSoundCloud is a sharing machine. Remember the early days of audio online â€” when you had to download the Real Player or Windows Media Player to listen? The days of downloading before listening are over.â€ - USA Today

â€œIt's an evolution of audio's most vital self-service creation and discovery platform, music's best analogue to Twitter, YouTube, and Kindle Direct Publishing. It's not just finding or sharing songs or podcasts or spoken-word readings your friends may be listening to â€” it's finding and sharing the people who make those recordings, too.â€ - The Verge